the Maryland militia’s 1st Cavalry Regiment had in effect been federalized during the War of 1812 — summoned out of state duty and into federal service, as National Guard units often are ...

The abysmal performance of the militia during the War of 1812 ensured the demise of the ... local volunteer units generally equipped and supported by their own members. In addition, the states ...

A Black War of 1812 veteran ... in North America between 1812 and 1814. Joseph Giles — like Neale himself — was one of the roughly 4,000 members of the Maryland militia who teamed up to ...

Pictured is the mouth of Canadaway Creek in Dunkirk where hostile exchanges with the British occurred during the War of 1812. Submitted photo The War ... and many people fled. The militia from ...

On June 1, 1812, President James Madison ... James Breckinridge voted against the war, he served honorably as a brigadier general in the Virginia militia in 1814. Federalist generals such as ...

For the Americans, it was the lowest point of what would become known as the War of 1812. The young United ... The British rout the American militia at Bladensburg. Nothing stands between the ...

The event will provide a glimpse of non-combat life in the St. Mary’s militia during the War of 1812. Get any of our free email newsletters.

For decades, the group has re-enacted crucial battles and moments from the War of 1812 ... a New York militia unit that volunteered for federal service in December 1812, said he is optimistic ...

Scire’s ruling applied the understanding that state militia units were essentially akin ... with the United States Army during the War of 1812.” Giles, however, had already secured the free ...